Q: Is 312,741,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 312,741,216 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 312,741,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 27 32 36 38 48 54 57 72 76 96 108 114 144 152 171 216 228 288 304 342 432 456 513 608 684 864 912 1,026 1,368 1,824 2,052 2,736 4,104 5,472 8,208 16,416 19,051 38,102 57,153 76,204 114,306 152,408 171,459 228,612 304,816 342,918 361,969 457,224 514,377 609,632 685,836 723,938 914,448 1,028,754 1,085,907 1,371,672 1,447,876 1,828,896 2,057,508 2,171,814 2,743,344 2,895,752 3,257,721 4,115,016 4,343,628 5,486,688 5,791,504 6,515,442 8,230,032 8,687,256 9,773,163 11,583,008 13,030,884 16,460,064 17,374,512 19,546,326 26,061,768 34,749,024 39,092,652 52,123,536 78,185,304 104,247,072 156,370,608 and 312,741,216, with no remainder.

Since 312,741,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 312,741,216, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).